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LAW PROFESSOR

Total Donated

$7,994,222

Contributions

27,538

Unique Donors

934

Donors who entered LAW PROFESSOR as occupation account for $7,994,222 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 27,538 contributions from 934 donor records. The two-word academic title is stored as typed, not as a faculty directory. In compact millions the occupation total is $8.0 million.

Key figures

  • LAW PROFESSOR occupation itemizations sum to $7,994,222 from 27,538 contributions and 934 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $290 per contribution and about $8,559 per donor record.
  • The two-word title is donor-typed Form 3/3X text, not a verified faculty directory.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

Fewer donors, high-repeat academic title

$7,994,222, 27,538 itemizations, and 934 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $290. Mean dollars per donor record are about $8,559. Repeat giving is about 29 itemizations per donor record.

27,538 lines from 934 records is a high-repeat academic-title stack. The $290 per-line mean is arithmetic on that volume. The packet has no tenure field, no school name, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average while most lines remain smaller.

934 donor records on 27,538 lines is a high-repeat academic pool: about 29 itemizations per record. Mean dollars per donor record of about $8,559 sit near BOARD MEMBER even though the per-line mean is lower. The packet has no tenure field, no school name, and no party flag, so $7,994,222 cannot be read as a law-faculty census.

LAW PROFESSOR is not PROFESSOR and not ATTORNEY

The FEC record does not verify that the donor holds a faculty appointment. Adjuncts, visitors, and people who also practice law can type LAW PROFESSOR on some gifts and ATTORNEY on others. Best-efforts rules do not force a university taxonomy.

This page cites only $7,994,222, 27,538 contributions, and 934 donors. PROFESSOR, ATTORNEY, and TEACHER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them. Combining those strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC occupation to a homemade cluster.

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Questions

How much have law-professor donors given in FEC data?
The LAW PROFESSOR occupation string is attached to $7,994,222 across 27,538 contributions and 934 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of law-school faculty. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does LAW PROFESSOR include attorneys who also teach?
Only if those donors typed LAW PROFESSOR on the matching itemization. ATTORNEY is a separate key unless the extract merged them. This page covers LAW PROFESSOR: $7,994,222, 27,538 contributions, and 934 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.
What is the average law-professor contribution?
Dividing $7,994,222 by 27,538 itemizations yields about $290 per contribution. Dividing by 934 donors yields about $8,559 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 29 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing law professor prove a faculty appointment?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify tenure or school. Quote 27,538 contributions and 934 donor records with the $7,994,222 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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